Dimitris Papaioannou

"Delicious encounter with a Greek dreamer." Theaterkrant


Dimitris Papaioannou moves freely between visual art, performance, theatre, film and circus. He garnered international fame with his serene movement and image theatre based on poetic themes, often alluding to Greek mythology. Papaioannou himself describes his visual theatre as an “absurd, nightmarish circus that reminds us that we are all seeking forgiveness throughout our lives.”
‘The Great Tamer’ takes excavations and archaeology as its starting point. This performance contains numerous allusions to films, paintings and statues, with a common thread being the recreation of bodies with multiple performers at the same time. Bodies fall apart and are put back together again. Five dancers and five equally fantastic moving actors will dumbfound you.